Intentionality

So….I wrote this a minute ago, but alas. I didn’t actually post it, so better late than never, right?

The kids were all up before 8:30 today and on time to school for the first day back from winter break. It’s a (late) Christmas miracle.

That doesn’t sound super early, I know. But we have the benefit of later start times in our district and two girls who like to sleep in. Now, go knock on wood somewhere for me, k?

It’s such a small thing, but it made my morning feel better somehow. Like we did something right. And we did. We were intentional about bed time last night and setting the stage for the last couple nights, that school was acomin’.

Intentionality is somewhat of a buzz word these days, and for good reason. When we are unintentional, the things we do that have meaning have less meaning because the meaning is often unrealized, or we breeze through life, always feeling like something is lacking or we’re somehow missing it.

I don’t want my word for the year to be intentionality. I want it to be at the core of who I am. In my parenting, my role as a wife, the ministry, and all of my relationships. I want you to know that you are important to God, and to me. And if I’m intentional about it, then maybe you will. We were made for a purpose, we were saved for a purpose. And if we aren’t intentional about it, I don’t know, I just feel like we miss out on something great.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.